‘Pogrom’: Antisemitic Mob Attempts to Lynch Israelis in Dagestan, Russia
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by Algemeiner Staff
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters broke into Makhachkala airport, in Russia’s north Caucasus region on Sunday evening, searching for passengers on a flight from Tel Aviv, according to local media and videos posted on social media.
Videos show the rioters, some of whom are draped in Palestinian flags, searching the airport for Jews and storming the airport’s tarmac surrounding a plane with Israelis on it.
Airport staff reportedly told the crowd to pick three leaders to board the plane with a camera to ensure there are no Israelis on it.
Videos further show terrified Israelis being asked to flee the tarmac and re-board the plane.
BREAKING:
A Lynch mob has stormed the airport in Dagestan, Russia and is now going from plane to plane looking for Jewish passengers.
A plane from Tel Aviv was landing.
In this video, they interrogate one of the plane technicians, asking him:
"tell us where the Jews are" pic.twitter.com/CEHrjrBmez
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) October 29, 2023
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Ukraine’s chief rabbi, Moshe Reuven Azman, both denounced the riot.
“Jewish pogrom at the airport,” Azman said on X/Twitter. “There is a danger of lynching! Policee [sic] do nothing! Very dangerous!!! I pray!!!”
“Appalling videos,” Zelensky said in a statement on X/Twitter. “This is not an isolated incident in Makhachkala, but rather part of Russia’s widespread culture of hatred toward other nations, which is propagated by state television, pundits, and authorities. The Russian foreign minister has made a series of antisemitic remarks in the last year.”
The attack comes after days of antisemitic outrages across Russia’s north Caucus region.
Separately, the Israeli foreign minister summoned the Russian ambassador over a visit of multiple Hamas officials to Moscow, according to Axios.
Insane footage on Russian social media from Makhachkala in the North Caucasus region, where there have been several anti-Semitic protests this weekend.
A crowd of people, some with Palestinian flags, broke into the airport in search of passengers on a flight from Tel Aviv. pic.twitter.com/MZxyvxi6T3
— max seddon (@maxseddon) October 29, 2023
